The internationalization of local manufacturing systems: Evidence from the Italian chair district

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 470-478

  Nassimbeni, G ^a   Sartor, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b AiIG (Italian Association of Managerial Engineering)   (Italy)

^c EurOMA (European Operations Management Association)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Globalization; Internationalization; Italy; Local manufacturing system

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INTERNALIZATION; ITALY; LOCAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ECONOMICS; LOGISTICS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 32144446458     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280500110912     Document Type: Article

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